Police rescue kidnapped girl, arrest suspect in Ondo
The police in Ondo State have arrested a suspect over his alleged kidnap of a six-year-old girl in her mother’s car at a groceries shop in Akure.
Funmilayo Odunlami-Omisanya, the police public relations officer in Ondo, said this in a statement in Akure on Saturday.
She said a kidnapping case was reported at the police station on December 21, 2022, at 9:00 p.m., by Chukwu-Ezedima, the mother of the kidnapped girl.
The PPRO said the complainant alleged that the suspect kidnapped her daughter, Nwasi Chukwu-Ezedima, in her Toyota Corolla Car at Lafe Area, Akure, while she was getting groceries for the family.
Ms Odunlami-Omisanya said the suspect, who allegedly demanded N50 million from the family as ransom, was arrested on December 31, 2022, at a POS stand while trying to withdraw part of the money.
“During interrogation, the suspect confessed to the commission of the offence while the victim was rescued unhurt.
“The suspect will soon be arraigned in court,” the police spokesperson said.
Meanwhile, the Nigerian Army has handed over a man arrested in unlawful possession of firearms to the police.
Ms Odunlami-Omisanya said a patrol of the Nigerian Army, while on routine check at Elegbeka in Ifon, Ose Local Government Area, got information about the man (name withheld) allegedly in possession of a revolver.
She said the patrol team subsequently investigated the allegation and arrested the man with the locally-made gun.
“The suspect initially claimed he found the gun on farmland but later confessed that the gun was given to him by a welder (name withheld) currently in a Correctional Centre in Okene.
“The suspect has been handed over to the Police and will soon have his day in court,” Ms Odunlami-Omisanya said.
(NAN)
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